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SALVADOR LAUREL

18 November 1928 to 27 January 2004

Salvador Laurel was Vice President of the Philippines from
1986 to 1992 under Corazon Aquino. Before that, he briefly served as
Aquino's first (and only) Prime Minister from February 25 to March 25 of
1986.

Laurel is the son of President Laurel. It was not until 1967, a
decade after his father's death, that he seriously entered politics when
he ran and won a Senate seat.

He founded United Nationalists Democratic Organizations (UNIDO) that
became the main voice of opposition in the 1980s. After negotiations
with Corazon Aquino he decided to run for vice president.

Laurel became the first and only man to hold the positions of
foreign minister, prime minister and vice president concurrently in
1986. The prime minister post was abolished in March 1986, and Laurel
was replaced in his foreign affairs post by Raul Manglapus in 1987.

He ran for President in 1992; however, he did not gain Aquino's
support and lost to Fidel Ramos. In 1996, he was appointed by President
Fidel Ramos as the chairman of the Philippine National Centennial
Commission.